Angele-Anang Pokinwuttipob, known professionally as Angele Anang, is a Thai drag performer, best known for winning the second season of Drag Race Thailand, the Thai spinoff of RuPaul's Drag Race. She was the first transgender winner in the franchise.
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Early life
Angele was born in Nakhon Ratchasima in 1994. She lived with her parents in Ayutthaya, she studied at Joseph Ayutthaya school Santi Asoke and Nonformal learning school.
As a teenager, Angele’s mother died from breast cancer she had a history of physical abuse by her father and drug abuse. After rehabilitation, she briefly became a monk.
Career
Angele was a successful Beyonce impersonator. She has her first act in a transgender cabaret show in Bangkok, Calypso Cabaret. Angele was announced as one of the fourteen contestants for the second season of Drag Race Thailand, that began airing on January 11, 2019. Throughout her time in the competition, she won six challenges, more than any other queen in the franchise's history. On April 5, she was crowned the winner. She is the first trans woman to win a season of Drag Race.
In 2019, Angele spoke at DragCon NYC's "All Around the World: International Drag Queen" panel. Angele was a featured performer of Xtra in 2020, a digital drag show created to support drag queens struggling from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Later that year, she was a featured performer of Oaklash, which was also held virtually.
She is also a notable pro-democracy activist in Thailand.